Parents of the Year... Not!

Today we went to a local Arboretum to check out their Fall Festival. Even though it had rained all week and things were going to be a muddy mess we thought it would be a great place to let C run around and burn off some of that energy. They had piles and piles of pumpkins which was great... small ones he could pick up, big ones to climb on. This Arboretum is pretty kid friendly as they have these little theme houses throughout the grounds that the kids can go in to and play in.

Things were winding down, we were getting ready to head back out to the car and get home for lunch. Just as we were about to leave I spotted a kid-sized bench. I thought it would be really cute to get a picture of C sitting on this bench. My husband went along with my request, placing our son on the bench and then stepping back several feet to get out of the frame. Just then, C leans forward and does a face plant right onto the ground. That is, his feet didn't even hit the ground first. He didn't cry, he wasn't upset, and, most importantly, he wasn't injured. We, of course, felt terrible. Luckily, it had rained so much since the ground soaked and softened the blow. I'm not sure if anyone saw the incident. If they had, they could add it to the ever-growing list of reasons why we shouldn't be nominated Parents of the Year.

Before the "incident"

After the "incident"